How to be a successful landlord

I’m a Melbourne Beach, FL based landlord (among other things) and I started this blog partially to help other landlords like myself and partially to vent about the trials and tribulations of this occupation.

The reason I got into this business was because back around 1999 (Y2K), I was working like a mad person on various software development projects trying to retrofit them so that they work after January 1st, 2000. Needless to say, I totally burned myself out to the point that I swore to get out of the business.

So, here we are and I’m STILL not out of the business…but I’m working on it. This project feels like trying to turn an oil tanker (it takes forever!) On a positive note, things are progressing, however slowly.

For now, you will get to read about the sometimes amazing and sometimes just-plain-crazy people who are my tenants, contractors, real estate agents, loan officers, city officials and certain inane service providers.

So here we go….Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. I’d love to hear from you.